1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
233 
the advent of the truthtelling photo¬ 
graph into all Borts of uses one of the 
blessings to common people which the 
arts and sciences are every day laying at 
our feet ? Advertising is being revolu¬ 
tionized by the photograph, and why not 
botany and all the natural sciences ? 
The gain is to us all who will but reach 
out our hands to take it. 
I cannot imagine a way in which the 
mother of children could better spend a 
postage stamp and dime than by send¬ 
ing for this paper, and encouraging the 
little people to learn what it so readily 
teaches. What investment could pay 
better interest than that which develops 
the intelligence of a child ? Interest a 
child in any of the nature studies, and 
you plant the seeds of safeguards and 
mind habits of which, perhaps, you 
never think. The nine plants given on 
the page mentioned are Hepatica, Trail¬ 
ing arbutus, Claytonia, bloodroot, Marsh 
marigold, Trillium, adder’s-tongue, 
Wood Anemone, and Rue Anemone, all 
familiar favorites and to be found almost 
everywhere. For the sake of those not 
nsed to hearing these names pronounced, 
let me add that Anemone is divided into 
four syllables with the accent on the 
second, while arbutus properly takes the 
accent on the first syllable, which is con¬ 
trary to the usual practice in my locality. 
Descriptions, short but exact, accompany 
the pictures. 
Tear out the leaf and pin it where the 
little people can go to it with their hand¬ 
fuls of dear, little, fast-drooping posies, 
gathered on sunny banks and under the 
sheltering dry leaves of the woodlands. 
Even a six-year-old will be able to tell 
which picture a flower is like, and you 
will be surprised to see how readily the 
little brain picks up even the longest 
name. Indeed, long words are found to 
be as easily learned as short ones, and 
the newer reading books no longer keep 
the child to meaningless monosyllables, 
even at the start. Few are the little 
men and women who do not delight to 
pick wild flowers; teach them their 
names, and you have conferred a life¬ 
long satisfaction, planted the seeds of a 
refining taste, and put away the possibil¬ 
ity of their finding “ Mother ” a tiresome 
person who knows only about house¬ 
work and keeping clean. 
PRUDENCE T. PRIMR08E. 
culties, as fire-wood was extremely 
scarce, the bamboo poles and green trees 
in the vicinity of camp not being com¬ 
bustible. 
An Afflicted Cook. —The company 
cook had a discouraging task. To be 
awakened at half-past 3 in the morning, 
in the midst of a drenching rain, at 
times with three or four inches of water 
over almost the entire camp site, and 
told to light a fire, and not only to make 
coffee and fry bacon, but to boil water 
for 100 men, was to receive an almost 
impossible order. Yet it was carried out, 
and with the utmost cheerfulness. The 
health of the men under these adverse 
conditions and extraordinary hardships 
was surprisingly good—so good that it 
was hard to account for it. The sick 
list was seldom as high as three per cent 
during all the time they were in this 
camp, and none of the sickness was of a 
serious character. 
Cause and Effect. —Freedom from 
alcohol, sleeping above the ground, and 
boiling the water, were, apparently, the 
causes of good health, to which should 
be added the fine spirits and enthusiasm 
of the men, confident that, in a short 
time, they would take Manila, and proud 
that they were to have part in the suc¬ 
cess of so important an event. 
Camping Out at Manila. 
Comfort in Camp. —In the Century 
Magazine for March, Gen. Greene de¬ 
scribes the difficulties under which he 
labored, in the effort to keep his men in 
good condition, before the assault on the 
city. He says that, meanwhile, the men 
made themselves as comfortable as pos¬ 
sible in camp. They had nothing but 
shelter-tents and one set of clothing. It 
rained on parts or all of every day, and 
the rain was of infinite variety, from a 
passing shower to an all-day-and-all- 
night storm, with a cool wind, and rain 
falling at the rate of from four to six 
inches a day. Immediate steps were 
taken to get the men off the ground by 
building beds of split bamboo set on 
posts from 18 to 24 inches above the 
ground. On top of this the shelter-tent 
was perched; and while the rain went 
through the thin cloth of the shelter- 
tent, and was driven in at the end by 
the wind, so that the men were never 
dry during the 24 days they remained in 
this camp, yet they did not sleep on the 
wet ground. 
A Prohibition Camp. —He had caused 
every bottle of wine and liquor to be re¬ 
moved from all the ships the day be¬ 
fore they sailed from San Francisco, so 
that the officers and men landed with 
their systems absolutely free from alco¬ 
hol for 32 days. The water for drink¬ 
ing and cooking was obtained from wells 
sunk a few feet deep on the edge of the 
camp. It was abundant in quantity, 
and apparently, of good quality, but, as 
a precaution, every drop of it used for 
cooking or drinking was boiled. This 
was done in spite of the greatest diffi- 
Dining in a Harem. 
Fingers Before Forks. —An English¬ 
woman, who was invited to dine in an 
Egyptian harem, gives an account of the 
meal in The Caterer. She says : 
We all sat around a circular table. In 
the middle, was a large, round, green 
tray, bordered by table napkins, pieces of 
Arab bread, and a row of small dishes 
containing olives, beetroot, various 
pickled vegetables, salt, pepper and sea¬ 
sonings. Each of us had a spoon pre¬ 
sented. They were proud of knowing 
the use of knives and forks, and a few 
were lying about the table ; but as they 
were not arranged for every one, nobody 
liked to appropriate them. 
Two black slaves came ’round with a 
basin and ewer of warm rose-water, 
which the one poured over the fingers of 
each guest, then the other offered a 
table napkin to dry them, A soup tureen, 
as the first course, was then set in the 
center of the table, and each of us helped 
herself, with her own spoon, to a few 
spoonfuls of a white, richly-flavored 
mutton soup. The meat that had been 
boiled in it was then set on a plate, and 
we pulled off a few pieces with our 
fingers, dipped it in the common salt 
cellar, and ate it. I did not like to use 
a knife and fork when nobody else did, 
fearing to offend, and so rubbed my 
fingers as clean as possible on the table 
napkin. 
A Combination of Courses. —Next came 
in a whole roast lamb. No knives were 
supplied. Mrs. Smith, who sat next to 
me, began, and encouraged by her ex¬ 
ample, I also put out my hand to help 
myself. I was next to the haunch, and 
found the meat very tender and thor¬ 
oughly cooked. One or two nice little 
lumpy pieces came easily off, which 
tasted very sweet in these novel circum¬ 
stances. After this came lentils and 
stewed meat. I was husbanding my 
powers, for I was told I was expected to 
taste every dish, so the smallest possible 
quantity of these was sufficing. 
After these came nicely-grilled lamb 
chops, which we managed in the rustic 
fashion, by holding the bone. Turnips, 
stewed with sugar, formed the entremet, 
and then mutton rissoles, then switched 
white of egg and custard sweets. This 
I enjoyed after having carefully wiped 
my soupspoon with my table napkin. I 
could then have rested content with my 
dinner. Alas ! to spoil the pleasant 
flavor, came my special distaste, meat 
stewed with onions and garlic—a dish 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
that politeness made me taste and smile 
over. 
Dessert and Pilaff. —Next came 
sweet pastry, then beef dives, then an 
especially good, sweet sponge cake. I 
ate a piece of that, again hoping the 
labor was over ; but there were several 
courses of varied meats still to be at¬ 
tacked, and a large dish of sweet jellied 
starch, trimmed with almonds. Then 
came the favorite Arab dish, pilaff, or 
rice and gravy. This was the termina¬ 
tion, pilaff always being the last course. 
The ladies of the family used their 
fingers; I cleaned my soupspoon once 
more. There had been 18 solid dishes, 
and though many complaints of my eat¬ 
ing so little had been made, truly grate¬ 
ful was I to see the end, even at the rate 
of one mouthful each. 
Fruit and Coffee. —I had hardly cour¬ 
age to attack the fruit, but no one can 
ever refuse an Egyptian mandarin 
orange, the true fruit of the Hesperides, 
that spoils one’s taste for all less deli¬ 
cious flavors of orange or other European 
fruit. A pyramid of these soon disap¬ 
peared, but we had to give in before the 
rich dates, the luscious bananas, the 
great nuts, and miserable little apples. 
It is a strange fact that Egypt does not 
produce and cannot find good apples. 
They are expensive, consequently the 
natives think more of them than of their 
own delicious home-grown fruits. Then 
came the black coffee, crown to every 
Egyptian feast, and I was asked if I 
should like cigarettes. I refused, and 
nobody else tried to smoke—the Scotch 
and English ladies because they could 
not, the Arabs because they would not. 
I asked for a glass of water, and it was 
brought me in a jeweled cup, cold as 
ice. and flavored with roses. Then the 
slaves came around again to wash our 
fingers, and the dinner was over. 
One of the wonders of Porto Rico, de¬ 
scribed by the correspondent of Har¬ 
pers’ Weekly is homemade, molasses- 
soaked plug tobacco, in ropes 100 feet 
long. On any market day, one may see 
the tobacco man with his little table 
piled up with bad cigars black as your 
hat, so green that you may wring water 
from them, and so cheap that a silver 
dollar will buy out his stock in trade; 
but the thing which catches the eye is 
the cylinders 18 inches high by six in 
breadth, made up, you would swear, 
from bights of hawsers soaked in tar, 
but in reality chewing tobacco. Smoking 
is almost general in Porto Rico, but 
while colored women and natives of the 
lower class smoke freely, women of the 
better class do not use tobacco in any 
form. 
!! The Food 
Value of 
is surprising to one who hasn’t studied 
the subject. It is a perfectly balanced 
grain food—makes muscle for the ath¬ 
lete—nourishes the Invalid; gives bone 
, and nerve to children. 
Wheatlet 
| contains all the gluten 
I and phosphates of 
wheat, discarding the ir¬ 
ritating outer coat which 
is woody and indiges¬ 
tible. Sold in 2 ft> pack¬ 
ages. If your gro¬ 
cer does not keep 
Wheatlet have him 
_ order some for you, or 
send us his name and your order—we will 
see that you are supplied. There is but 
one Wheatlet. Avoid substitutes. 
The genuine is made only by the 
Franklin Mills Go., Lockport, N.Y. 
Booklet on the value of wheat as food 
, mailed free on request. 
DDflUfM’C Bronchial 
DnUnN O Troches 
(Made only by John I. Brown <fc Son, Boston.) 
give instant,relief in 
Hoarseness 
DINNERSET CDCC 
or GOLD WATCH rlftt 
with 30 lbs. 8. S. Chop Tea. Laoe 
Curtains, Watches, Clocks, Tea 
Sets, Toilet Sets, given away with 
|5, $7, *10 and *15 orders. Send this 
“ad.” and 15c. and we will send you 
a sample of S.S. Chop or any other 
Tea you may .elect. The R. N.-Y. 
The Great American Tea Co., 
31&33Vesey St. (Box 289), N ew Y ork 
THE 
ORLDS 
Standard 
The diploma of merit has 
been awarded tho 
Ruby Jeweled 
Elgin Watch 
by railroad men—who require the 
most truthful time-pieces. 
The jolt and jar and heat and cold 
of the Engineer’s cab test a watch 
as nothing else can. 
Nearly eight million Elgins in a third of a 
century (more than any other factory in tho 
world has produced in the sarao period) is the 
record of the Elgin National Watch Factory. 
High grade, but not high price. 
An Elgin Wntch always has the word “Elgin” 
engraved on the works—fully guaranteed. 
At all jewelers—everywhere—in any style 
case desired. 
B. & B. 
you make a profit 
on all the Dry Goods you buy here— 
difference between this store's small 
profit, less prices, and usual store's usual 
prices—which is considerable. 
Here you get choice goods It’s the 
choieeness of this store’s goods that 
makes its prices genuine less prices. 
Costs you nothing but a postal card to 
get samples—just give us an idea of 
your preference in each or the several 
lines you’re interested in. 
Superb assortments of Silks, Dress 
Goods and Wash Goods. 
Rich Fancy Silks of rare and, in most 
cases, exclusive, beauty, 65c., 75c., 85c. 
to $1.25 
New Novelty Dress Goods and Suit¬ 
ings, 35e., 50c., 75c. Neat and good 
Mixtures 20c., 25c. 
New and pretty Wash Goods for as 
little as 634 c.—from that on up to the 
finest fancies, at $1.25 ; there’s greater 
variety of handsome colorings and fine 
styles than shown anywhere else in 
America—goods here as evidence. 
Splendid Madras for Shirt Waists 20c. 
Other new Madras 10c. to 35c. 
The new Silk Warp Mousselines, 45c., 
are exquisite. 
Other fine Dress Cottons for gowns 
20c. to 50c. 
New illustrated Catalogue will be 
ready soon after April 1 — send your 
name and address so you’ll get a copy 
among the first. It’s free. 
BOGGS & BUHL, 
Department C, 
ALLEGHENY, PA. 
NEW BECKER 
Washing Machine. 
A fair trial will convince the most 
skeptical of its superiority over all 
other Machines. County rights for 
sale. Agents Wanted. Circulars free 
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1000 SEWING MACHINES 
$C£T' 
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years— most for your money — satisfaction 
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don’t keep it. A few good AGENTS WANTED. 
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Overstock: Must lie Closed Out. 
STANDARD ’98 MODELS, 
guaranteed, $0.75 to 
$16. Shopworn & sec¬ 
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as new, $3 to* 810. 
Great factory clearing sale. 
Wo ship to anyone on approval 
trial without a cent In advance 
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SPRAYING CROPS: Why, 
When and How to Do It.—By Prof. Clar¬ 
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This little book tells in plain, understandable 
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